Events like Barstool Blackout prey on naive youth

Wednesday

Sep 18, 2013 at 12:01 AMMar 3, 2014 at 1:59 PM

Barstool Blackout made its sixth appearance at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg Friday and Pocono Medical Center's emergency room treated eight patients after overdosing on a drug whose street name is "Molly," but is also known as MDMA.

Barstool Blackout made its sixth appearance at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg Friday and Pocono Medical Center's emergency room treated eight patients after overdosing on a drug whose street name is "Molly," but is also known as MDMA.

Barstool Blackout once again maintained its infamous reputation with hospitalizations and citations.

Only this time it's hitting us at home.

When looking at the numbers, fewer than 10 people overdosing at a concert that holds thousands does not seem too bad, right?

What if one of those 10 people was your child, your sibling or your best friend? Would you still look at fewer than 10 as a success?

Barstool Blackout continues to be an event that condones the use of illegal drugs and underage drinking — an event that has no business even being in business.

Sure, ultimately the decision to participate in illegal drug use is one made by the individual.

In reality, though, it's not so black and white.

We are talking about college students who spent an abundance of their time emptying red solo cups and drinking their way to self-discovery.

It's what you're "supposed to do" in college.

The fear of missing out and the struggle to fit in makes it that much easier for college students to make life-changing mistakes.

Barstool Blackout makes things like underage drinking and illegal drug use that much more available to na´ve college students.

I believe organizations like Barstool Blackout are pathetic predators on the uneducated minds of the young.

Yes, Barstool Blackout is responsible for the people who were hospitalized Friday night. Their constant goading to ESU basically preaches for students to go out and get reckless.

A post on the Barstool website describes ESU students this way: "They like to drink and dance. Just like every other college since the beginning of colleges. Only difference is yours goes harder than most, and we gave them the recognition for it."